European Factors to Watch on Thursday March 5

PARIS, March 5 (Reuters) - Financial spreadbetters expected Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE to open 11 to 12 points lower, or down 0.2 percent, Germany's DAX .GDAXI to open 8 to 13 points higher, or up 0.1 percent, and France's CAC 40 .FCHI to open 3 to 5 points higher, or up 0.1 percent.

MAJOR EUROPEAN COMPANIES REPORTING: Full Year 2014 Adidas AG Earnings Release

ADSGn.DE Full Year 2014 Admiral Group PLC Earnings Release

ADML.L Full Year 2014 Aggreko PLC Earnings Release

AGGK.L Full Year 2014 Arkema SA Earnings Release

AKE.PA Full Year 2014 Allied Irish Banks PLC Earnings Release

ALBK.I Q4 2014 Andritz AG Earnings Release

ANDR.VI Q4 2014 ASM International NV Earnings Release

ASMI.AS Q4 2014 Altice SA Earnings Release

ATCE.AS Q4 2014 RTL Group SA Earnings Release

AUDKt.BR Full Year 2014 Aviva PLC Earnings Release

AV.L Q3 2015 Betfair Group PLC Earnings Release

BETF.L Full Year 2014 Carrefour SA Earnings Release

CARR.PA Full Year 2014 Cobham PLC Earnings Release

COB.L Preliminary Full Year 2014 Continental AG Earnings Release

CONG.DE Q4 & FY 2014 CSR PLC Earnings Release

CSR.L Q4 2014 Delhaize Group SA Earnings Release

DELB.BR Full Year 2014 Friends Life Group Ltd Earnings Release

FLG.L Q4 2014 Geox SpA Earnings Release

GEO.MI Preliminary 2014 GFT Technologies AG Earnings Release

GFTG.DE Full Year 2014 Gemalto NV Earnings Release

GTO.AS Preliminary FY 2014 Inmarsat PLC Earnings Release

ISA.L Full Year 2014 Jcdecaux SA Earnings Release

JCDX.PA Full Year 2014 Kloeckner & Co SE Earnings Release

KCOGn.DE Preliminary 2014/2015 London Stock Exchange Group PLC Earnings

LSE.L Full Year 2014 Numericable Group SA Earnings Release

NUME.PA Q1 2014/2015 SAS AB Earnings Release

SAS.ST Q4 2014 Scor SE Earnings Release

SCOR.PA Full Year 2014 Schroders PLC Earnings Release

SDR.L Full Year 2014 Zalando SE Earnings Release

ZALG.DE

MAJOR U.S. COMPANIES REPORTING RESF/US :

Q2 2015 Costco Wholesale Corp

COST.O

Q1 2015 Joy Global Inc (NYSE: JOY )

JOY.N

Q4 2014 Kroger Co

KR.N

MAJOR MACROECONOMIC DATA/EVENTS (GMT) ECON :

0630 FR ILO Unemployment rate Q4

0700 DE Industrical orders Jan

0900 IT GDP final Q4

1200 GB BOE bank rate Mar

1230 US Challenger Layoffs Feb

1245 EZ ECB refinancing rate Mar

1330 US jobless claims w/e

1500 US durable goods Jan

1500 US factory orders Jan

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-9.25 NIKKEI

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18751.84

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48.24 MSCI ASIA EX-JP

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483.96 -0.47 %

-2.28 EUR/USD

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1.1033

-0.4 % -0.0044 USD/JPY

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119.86

0.18 % 0.2100 10-YR US TSY YLD US10YT=RR

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0.380

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$3.65 US CRUDE

CLc1

$51.76

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